# 2012 Carnaubais mayoral election

[Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br.md) / [Rio Grande do Norte](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn.md) / [Carnaubais](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/carnaubais.md), October 7, 2012

Luiz Gonzaga Cavalcante Dantas won with 53.7% of the vote, 7.5 points ahead of Dinarte Vieira Diniz.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luiz Gonzaga Cavalcante Dantas | PSB | 4,042 | 53.7% | Elected |
| Dinarte Vieira Diniz | DEM | 3,480 | 46.3% |  |

Valid votes: 7,522

Turnout: 89.1% (7,956 of 8,933 registered)

## This race in other years

- [October 6, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/carnaubais/2024-10-06-local/mayor.md): Gleidson Benevides de Oliveira, 51.2%
- [November 15, 2020](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/carnaubais/2020-11-15-local/mayor.md): Marineide Marinho Pereira Diniz, 36.7%
- [October 2, 2016](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/carnaubais/2016-10-02-local/mayor.md): Thiago Meira Mangueira, 42.5%
- October 7, 2012: Luiz Gonzaga Cavalcante Dantas, 53.7%
- [October 5, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/carnaubais/2008-10-05-local/mayor.md): Luiz Gonzaga Cavalcante Dantas, 52.6%
- [October 3, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/carnaubais/2004-10-03-local/mayor.md): Zenildo Batista de Souza, 50.6%
- [October 1, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/carnaubais/2000-10-01-local/mayor.md): Luiz Gonzaga Cavalcante Dantas, 38.0%
- [October 3, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/carnaubais/1996-10-03-local/mayor.md): Nelson Gregorio Bezerra, 52.8%

## Also on the ballot in Brazil on October 7, 2012

- [Carnaubais Municipal Chamber](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/carnaubais/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)
- [Local races across Brazil](https://electionsarchive.com/br/2012-10-07-local.md) (11,133)

## Sources

- [Resultados - 2012](https://dadosabertos.tse.jus.br/dataset/resultados-2012), Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. License: Creative Commons Attribution

## On the ballot in Carnaubais

- 2012 Carnaubais mayoral election
- [2012 Carnaubais Municipal Chamber election](https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/carnaubais/2012-10-07-local/municipal-chamber.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/carnaubais/2012-10-07-local/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/br/rn/carnaubais/2012-10-07-local/mayor.json.